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Monday, September 15, 2008

What Do You Do all Day?

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and 20 wrappers strewn all around the front yard.

The door of his wife's car was open, and so the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog.

Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall.

In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing.

In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pileof sand was spread by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened.

He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door.
As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.

As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel.

She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went.

He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?'

She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?'

'Yes,' was his incredulous reply.

She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.'

8 comments:

Joe said...

I guess I'll take the hint and say thank you, Jessica, for all that you do for Hayden and me and our house. :-) You really do a lot more than I do all day, that's for sure.

Michelle... said...

Awesome! What more can I say? :)

Sarah Garner said...

AMEN!!!

LOVE IT!!!

stephanie said...

Terry never asks what I do all day, he has had a few days home with all the kids, without me. And the 23 year old eggs it on the most sometimes. Love you all hope all is well. Love Steph and the washington gang.

Elton said...

That gave me a good giggle! Thanks for the story - it's so true.

Brittany said...

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Mike and Erika said...

That was a great blog! It's so true! Ha ha!

Krazy Khania said...

I love this story! Last weekend I took 2 days off and by Sunday night my home was a wreck!! Isaac started the cleaning but I couldn't stand it anymore and helped.